Weather-strip



(No Model.)

A. M. EWERS. WEATHER STRIP.

No. 481,229. Patented. Aug. 23, 1892.

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NITED STATES AMMON M. EWVERS, OF EDISON, OHIO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,229, dated August23, 1892.

Application filed January 2, 1892. Serial No. 416,894. (No model.)

My invention relates to the improvement of weather-strips of that classparticularly adapted for use on doors.

The objects of my invention are to provide an. improved weather-strip ofthis class of superior construction and arrangement; to provide improvedmeans for normally supporting the hinged section above the door-sill andprevent contact of said hinged section and sill-cleat when the door isclosed; to provide superior means for hinging the two strip-sections toso construct and arrange said Weatherstrip sections as to prevent theentrance of water or snow, and to construct said device in a simple,neat, and inexpensive manner. These objects I accomplish in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a view inperspective of a portion of a doorway, showing a closed door therein,said door having an improved weather-strip thereon. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same; and Fig. 3 is an edge or side elevation of a lowerportion of a door, showing an end view of myimproved weather-strip inthe position which it occupies when the door is open.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

a represents a door-frame, and l) the door hinged therein in the usualmanner. Ipreferably form my improved Weather-strip entirely of metal,although other material may be employed, if desired.

0 represents the upper weather-strip section, which, as shown, is in theform of an oblong plate, the outer portion of which is adapted to besecured by screws or otherwise, as shown at c, to the lower portion ofthe door I). From the line of connection of said strip 0 with the doorsaid section is inclined outward and downward until opposite a pointslightly above the lower end of the door. The lower edge portion of theplate or section 0 is, as shown in the drawings, bent or inclined inwardfrom the body thereof to form a lip 0 said lip being doubled upon itselfto attain greater strength or rigidity. At the angle formed by theproduction of the lip c I provide the plate 0 with two or more slottedopenings, (indicated at d.)

f represents the lower strip-section or plate which, as hereinafterdescribed, is jointedly connected or hinged to said upper section. Thislower section f consists of a thin metallic plate of correspondinglength with the upper plate 0, said plate having its rear portion bentupward to form throughout its length a lip f, said lip portion beingdoubled and the overturned or doubling wing thereof being bent to extendoutward from near the base of the lip, and said out-turned portion beingdoubled under itself and pressed firmly against the rear portion of thebody of the plate f, as indicated at f Formed at proper intervals withthe outer edge of the folded or doubled portion f are upward andrearward inclined hook-shaped tongues g, which are adapted to looselyenter the slotted openings 01 of the plate-seetion 0, and thus connector hinge said platesections. Owing to the partial double and partialtriple thickness of the rear portion of the plate f, it will readily beseen that the increased weight imparted thereto will result in the rearportion of said plate-section f dropping downward by gravity. In order,however, that the body of said plate-section f may be normally retainedin a horizontal position when the door is closed, I provide one or moresuitable stop-pins g, which project from the outer side of the door I)in close proximity to the lower edge thereof, said stoppins serving, asshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, to form rests for the weighted rearportion of the lower stripsection. Upon the inner side of one of thevertical side pieces of the door-frame a, near the outer face thereof, Iaffix one wing of an angular guide-plate 1', the remaining wing of whichprojects from said door-frame and is inclined outward. In closing a doorprovided,as described, with my improved weather-strip the normalposition of the weighted section f is such as to admit of said sectionspassing over the usual doorsill cleat g without contact therewith. When,however, the outer edge of the lower plate f ICO comes in contact withthe under side of the guide-plate i, said outer edge of the plate f willbe deflected downward, so that when the door is closed it will be incontact with the upper face of the door-sill 9 As shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, this tipping of the plate-section f will result in said lip fbeing brought into contact with the outer plate-section 0, thus closingthe sections together and preventing any possibility of the entrance ofrain or snow, which may be blown or driven beneath the upper plate.

From the construction shown it will be seen that but few parts areemployed in producing my improved strip, and that the same may beconstructed in a simple and inexpensive manner. It will also be seenthat the peculiar formation of the rear portion of the lowerstrip-section is such as to provide a weight for said strip-section andthus obviate the necessity of employing springs, as has beendoneheretofore in this class of weatherstrips. The construction of myimproved weather-strip further admits of said strip being readilyattached to or detached from the door when desired.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to securebyLetters Patent,

1. In aweather-strip, the combination, with the inclined section 0,adapted to be rigidly.

connected with the door, as described, a lip c on said section a andslotted openings 01 therein, of the lower strip-section f, having anupturned lip on its rear portion adapted when its body is inclined tomeet the under side of the plate 0, said plate f having its rear portiondoubled, as described, and hingetongues g, formed integral with saiddoubled portion and engaging with said slotted openings d of the sectiona, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In aweather-strip,the combination, with the inclined section 0,adapted to be rigidly connected with the door, as described, a lip c onsaid section 0 and slotted openings (1 therein, of the lowerstrip-section f, having an upturned lip on its rear portion, adaptedwhen its body is inclined to meet the under side of the plate 0, saidplate f having its rear portion doubled, as described, one or morestop-pins 9', adapted to form a rest for the rear portion of said platef,and hinge-tongues g, formed integral with said doubled portion andengaging with the slotted openings d of u the section a, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

J. G. MILES, I. T. MoLAIN.

